Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 3rd August, 2012.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2008/644/EC of 25 July 2008¹ , hereby make the following Regulations-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 202 of 2007 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of "Commission Decision" the following-

" "Commission Decision" means Commission Decision 2003/766/EC of 24 October 2003² as amended by Commission Decision 2006/564/EC of 11 August 2006³ and Commission Decision 2008/644/EC of 25 July 2008;".

Given under my Official Seal,

19 July 2012.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations transpose provisional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Diabrotica virgifera Le Conte.

1 O.J. No. L 209, 06.08.2008, p.13

2 O.J. No. L 275, 25.10.2003, p.49

3 O.J. No. L 225, 17.8.2006, p.28